Spring Dulcimer Week |
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| Location | Davis and Elkins College Elkins, WV 26241 |
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| Description: | 2010 Spring Augusta Week (formerly known as Spring Dulcimer Week) Spring Augusta Week April 18-23, 2010 Tuition: $420 West Virginia has long-standing traditions of both hammered and lap dulcimer that go back to early settlement days. Today, the music of these instruments is evolving to include many genres and styles Coordinator Maddie MacNeil singing and playing hammered dulcimerof playing. Augustaâs Spring Augusta Week offers numerous levels on both mountain and hammered dulcimer, as well as a class for autoharp. Spring Augusta Week coordinator, Madeline MacNeil has assembled a stellar staff of many of todayâs finest players and teachers. 2010 courses scheduled include: Autoharp (John Hollandsworth), Hammered Dulcimer (Jody Marshall, Christie Burns, and Sam Rizzetta), Mountain Dulcimer (Molly McCormack, Janita Baker, and Rob Brereton), Guitar (John Rossbach), as well as a class in Mountain Dulcimer Construction (John Huron). Classes are limited in size to allow plenty of personal attention. Daily group sessions will highlight the talents of the dulcimer week staff. Janita Baker in mountain dulcimer classThere will be regular evening jam sessions, slow jam sessions, films, song swaps, dances, a public concert, and end of the week skits and performances by the student classes. Hammered dulcimers and autoharps may be rented for the week. Please call the Augusta office to reserve these. Loaner mountain dulcimers are also available. Exploritas Students please note: Augusta's Spring Augusta Week description in both the new Exploritas catalog (fka "Elderhostel") and on the exploritas.org website, is incomplete. There are actually two options: either beginning mountain dulcimer or beginning hammered dulcimer. | |||
| Contact name | Joyce Rossbach | |||
| Phone | 304 637 1209 | |||
| Event Website | http://www.augustaheritage.com | |||
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